Hydraulic elevator



(No Model.)

- 9. Q. MoGOWN.

HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR.

No. 299,930. 9 Patented June 3, 1884.

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' NIT ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE Q. MOGOWN, OE GOLDEN CITY, MISSOURI.

HYDRAULIC ELEVATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 299,930, dated June 3,1884.

Application filed November 5, 1883. (No model.) i

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE Q. MoGoWN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Golden City, in the county of Barton and 'State of Missouri,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in HydraulicElevators, of which the following is a specification, reference beinghad therein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to improvements in hydraulic elevators, the objectof which is to provide an easy and convenient means of raising waterfrom wells without the necessity of constant pumping. These objects Iattain by means of the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a verticallongitudinal section showing the entire device. detailed views.

A is a well, having a bottom, E, upon a rock or other solid substance,H.

C is a wall, made of tiling or other suitable material, with an innersurface, 0 0, made smooth. This wall has holes 0 0* near the bottom,with valves 0 a, which open only inwardly, as shown by the direction ofthe arrows 0. These valves are constructed so as to let water into, butprevent its return from, the well. In sand or other loose soil the watermay be admitted though a false or artificial bottom, E, made of anysuit-able substance. opening only upward, permitting water to flow onlyin the direction of, the arrow 6'.

' These valves are unnecessary when a head of water is sufficientlyhigh. 1

B is an ordinary wall of stone or brick, resting upon the top of thetiled wall at E, which is above the high-water mark.

D is a weighted piston, preferably made of cast-iron, and of any desiredweight, convex on the upper and concave on the lower side, thisconstruction of the lower side assisting to conduct the fluid to acentral orifice, g. This weighted piston has an encircling-band ofwrought iron, brass, or other suitable material, which is fitted tightlyaround it and closely against the inside of the wall 0. This band ismade of suitable width to cause all parts of the weighted piston to riseand fall together perfectly horizontal, and in the mid- Figs. 2 and 3are.

In this case a valve, 0, may be used I dle of the perimeter or outercircumference of this band ismade a groove, (1, in which is placed aband, (2 preferably made of rubber and of any desired size. -I make agroove one-half inch deep and two inches wide and place a rubber bandone inch thick and two inches wide in it. In the top of the weightedpiston are hooks or bolts with eyes at d, for attaching the chain of aWindlass or any suitable device for raising and lowering the weightedpiston when desired; and through the weight is a hole, (2*, having avalve opening downward, so as to let water flow in that directionindicated by the arrow (1 only. The weighted piston rests upon thesurface of the water I, and by its pressure the water is forced upthrough the central orifice, 9, into the conducting tube or hose G, madeof rubber or other suitable material. This conductor may be placed in a'building or other place desired, and is provided with a faucet, g, tocut off the constant flow caused by the continued pressure of theweight.

Having thus described'the use, construction, and operation of myinvention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,

1. 'A hydraulic elevator composed .of a weighted piston, D, concave onits lower side, having an orifice, g, hole d", hooks-d (Z, and tube G,in combination with walls 0, having inlet-valves, as and for the purposeset forth.

2. A weighted piston, D, concave on its lower side, having an orifice atits center, and hooks d d, combined with a tube, G, having a faucet, g,and a well, A, having walls B C, the part 0 having smooth inner sides, 0c, valves 0? 6", and a bottom, E, all arranged and constructedsubstantially as shown and described, for the purpose set forth.

3. A weighted piston, D, concave on its lower side, having an orifice,g, at its center, tube G, hole (1*, hooks d d, and an encirclingba-ndhaving a groove, (1, in which is placed a rubber band, d combined withwalls 0, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GEORGE Q. MOGOWVN. lVitnesses:

J. WV. ALDRICH, J E. HICKMAN.

